Lily James
Acting
Lily Chloe Ninette Thomson (born 5 April 1989), known professionally as Lily James, is an English actress. She studied acting at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London. She began her career in the British television series Just William (2010). Following a supporting role in the period drama series Downton Abbey (2012–2015), her breakthrough was the title role in the fantasy film Cinderella (2015).
James went on to portray Natasha Rostova in the television adaptation of War & Peace (2016). She starred in several films, including the action film Baby Driver (2017), the period dramas Darkest Hour (2017), The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society (2018) and The Dig (2021), the musicals Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again (2018) and Yesterday (2019), and the sports drama The Iron Claw (2023). Her portrayal of Pamela Anderson in the biographical series Pam & Tommy (2022) earned her nominations for a Golden Globe and a Primetime Emmy Award.
Known For
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Late Night with Seth Meyers
The Kelly Clarkson Show
The Graham Norton Show
Downton Abbey
Downton Abbey
The Oscars
Cinderella
Baby Driver
Pam & Tommy
Secret Diary of a Call Girl
War and Peace
Relay
Swiped
The Iron Claw
Wrath of the Titans
Darkest Hour
Burnt
Yesterday
Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again
Broken
Greedy People
Pride and Prejudice and Zombies
Sorry to Bother You
Rebecca
The Dig
Finally Dawn
What's Love Got to Do with It?
The Exception
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